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In reply to the discussion: Why do they say "Fighting Continues" in Gaza? [View all]Beastly Boy
(9,878 posts)Hamas is pledging to annihilate Israel now and in the future. Not in the past. Israel never pledged to annihilate Palestinians not in the past, not now and not in the future. Not in Gaza, not in the West bank, not in any other part of the world. And the 2 million Israeli Palestinians are proof positive of Israeli Jews willing and able to live peacefully side by side with the Palestinians.
Additionally, Israel giving two thirds of its 1967 territories for peace with Egypt is a historical fact. Israel disengaging from Gaza and evicting ALL Jewish settlers from it is a historical fact. Also a historical fact: a civil war between Hamas and Palestinian Authority immediatrely following Israel's disengagement from Gaza. No evidence that Palestinians are willing and able to live peacefully side by side with other Arab Palestinians, let alone Jewish Palestinians.
There is no equivalence of the intentions each party is bringing into the negotiations you are expecting to be conducted on equal terms.